Reframe to Create

Do you know what "liberating your work" looks like in practical terms?

It's simple.

It looks like building and diversifying your work portfolio. This is how you can get paid to be you, not just from one place, but many places!

In this episode, I take you through the 7 steps to build and diversify your work portfolio.

It's time to whip out your notebook and pen because I've got nuggets and you've got homework.

Let's go!

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

What do you think when you hear the phrase "liberate your work"?

Do you think being able to work remotely?

Do you think it means having the ultimate flexible schedule?

Do you think it means quitting your job to become an entrepreneur?

Liberating your work is none of these things.

Furthermore, it's the key to helping you get paid to be yourself in many different places and spaces.

In this episode, I introduce the concept and invite former guest Sawida Kamara (from Episode 34 "Feeling Your Way to Your Next Job") to help us unpack what it looks like in practical terms.

We discuss:

• Your work and who really owns it

• The importance of being clear about and articulating the impact of your work

• The nuances of liberating your work from your employer vs liberating yourself from your job

This episode lays the foundation for Episode 57 where I'll help you understand how to "Build and Diversify Your Work Portfolio".

About my guest: Sawida Kamara is a skillful capacity builder and changemaker who is passionate about supporting people and organizations in rethinking their status quo, and in making generative changes that advance actualization and equity at the individual and collective level. My work leverages experience and expertise in nonprofit organizational development, systems redesign and change, and adaptive project leadership and management.

Follow Sawida on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sawidakamara/

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

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Are you running away from what you don't want, rather than running towards what you do?

Is your focus on your "just in case" plan rather than your ideal plan?

If so, then maybe you're living in your Plan B and being held back from your Plan A.

For many of us Plan B living has become such a norm that we don't know we're doing it.

We often disguise and dress it up in other terms such as "adulting" or "being responsible" or "just the way things are".

But it's really just a cop-out because we're scared.

We're scared of being disappointed and not being able to get over the shock of the letdown.

The fear can be palpable.

But this ends now my Creating Maven.

In this episode, I take on this Plan B living and share the mindset you need in order to become a Plan A person.

Of course, I also leave you with a practical exercise that'll help you do the work to shift from your Plan B to your Plan A.

Let's get to it!

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

I have a confession to make.

Even though I help others get reframes all day long and help them navigate through some of life's toughest transitions using a new narrative, a new perspective, and a new story--I suck at my own transitions!

I know I know, physician heal thyself!

Well, that's what I'm doing in this episode with my guest Carol Cox who is someone I know to be great at learning to pivot and ride the many waves of change we've all experienced over the past few years.

Carol Cox is the founder and CEO of Speaking Your Brand®, a coaching and training company that helps high-performing, purpose-driven women entrepreneurs and professionals create their signature talks and thought leadership platforms. But this is not where her story started. She's had many career and business changes that have given her some great insights and important tools for navigating transitions. She wasn't holding back on sharing these with us.

We talk about a lot in this episode including:

• How observing patterns can help us anticipate and navigate change better

• How learning to experiment more can strengthen our muscles in this area

• How pivots can be less about making sharp turns and more about going deeper into what you have to offer

• How to make peace with the fact that you're multi-passionate by understanding your throughline

If you're also struggling to be better at navigating through transitions you're going to really enjoy what we uncover in this conversation.

About my guest: Carol Morgan Cox is the founder and CEO of Speaking Your Brand®, a coaching and training company that helps high-performing, purpose-driven women entrepreneurs and professionals create their signature talks and thought leadership platforms. Carol is host of the weekly 5-star rated Speaking Your Brand® podcast and during election seasons serves as a Democratic political analyst on TV news. Carol was named as one of Orlando's Women of the Year in 2021 and has been featured in Forbes. Through her company and content, her mission is to empower more women to find and use their voice, to tell the stories that need to be told, and to activate ideas for change.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

I'm back my Creating Maven and I've got one question for you.

Are you brave enough to lose sight of your shore?

This is the question I've been wrestling with over the past few months and it's a generous one that keeps on giving!

If like me, you feel the call to leave the safe and familiar in your life so that you can cross the unknown ocean of new possibilities then this episode is for you!

I share the lessons I've learned over the past few months of my hiatus.

Lessons inspired by the 2015 Pacific Ocean crossing of four women in a rowboat.

These lessons are:

• You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

• Life is here to live and not just to exist.

• We're all going to find that we have our own Pacific Ocean to cross.

• Life is mostly "journey" and very little destination.

• Our 'doldrums' can offer us something if we're willing to look at them in a new way

Are you wondering what your shore is?

Your shore is anything and everything that's familiar to you. The things that have become your security blanket and that are holding you back from listening to the call of your ocean.

In this episode and beyond I'm back to share more about all the ways you can create in your life. But first…courage!

Going forward I'll continue to help you see how you can create products, services, experiences, and projects through solo episodes and the wisdom that our guests will share.

Reframe to Create is still on it folks!

We're also going to keep going into not just what we're doing and creating but how we're doing it. How we are moving through our creating and life in a way that keeps life and living at the center.

It's great to be back and I hope this episode helps you reinvigorate your creating journey!

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

Have you ever gotten lost driving somewhere?

You keep going and passing the same landmark 3, 4, then 5 times!

It's confirmed. You're really lost.

What to do now?

Cry and scream at the steering wheel?

Keep driving and hope you spontaneously get found?

Maybe you just need to stop and get reoriented.

This lesson doesn't just apply to when you're on the road but also when it comes to your work and life.

In this episode, I've got some tips and will share some big news of my own about what to do when you get lost.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

Every new year is the chance to try again.

What will you do with the freshness of this New Year?

At the end of last year, some of my friends insisted that I learn what to do with my new year by watching the Netflix Series "From Scratch".

I was intrigued and was not disappointed when I dove into the show.

There was so much to learn from the main character Amy but I really came away with 3 key lessons that I'm taking into this year and that you'll love!

Listen in to see how when we move, release, and embrace we can shake off the cobwebs of one not-so-hot year and be ready to take on a new one.

Here's to you creating and living more in 2023!

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

Turtles win the race. This is what I always say.

But sometimes turtles are a reminder that life doesn't have to be a race at all!

Neither does creating.

If there's one thing I've learned through experience this year it's that consistency beats intensity, every time.

Sometimes it's better to just take one step in front of the other and then another.

What we do consistently is what makes up our character and identity. And more important than creating some big flashy thing is the ability to develop the character of a Creating Maven.

This is someone who shows honor and respect for their gifts by consistently creating.

But maybe you haven't had a very consistent year and would like things to be different for next year.

This episode is about helping you put the 3 things you might be missing in place to get and stay consistent with creating.

Because if you're going to bring beautiful things to life with your gifts, this is what you need!

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

Do you struggle with commitment?

Did you struggle to commit to creating this year?

Maybe it's because you didn't know how things were going to go or how to guarantee that they'd go well.

It's okay.

This is a common hang-up that gets folks stuck.

But the truth is there's no way around commitment.

You must commit first and know the details of how later if you're going to do anything that's truly meaningful for your life.

In this episode, I show you how this is true and push you to get ready for the leap we'll all be taking in the new year.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/

You want out.

The job you're currently in is dead to you.

But I hate to break it to you, so is that dream job you're fantasizing about.

Trying to find it will just be you jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.

No, really it's actually like jumping out of the frying pan and into a great void.

The dream job is dead and so is the one you're currently in.

So what now?

What now is you have to move beyond the idea of finding your dream job and instead move on to creating what is next for you.

You must create it!

But how?

In this episode, you'll learn the 3 steps you need to to build your runway that's going to help you create rather than find your next job. It's going to come from you positioning yourself in a completely different way so you can work in a different way.

About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy's coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.

Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/